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PATBNTED MAY 19, 1908.

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GAME APPARATUS.

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EBER M. PERFECT, OF MARIANNA, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SMILEYM. BRADEN, OF MARIANNA, ARKANSAS.

GAME APPARATUS Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Application filed June 7, 1907. Serial No. 377,723.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBEE M. PERFECT, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Marianna, Arkansas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is aspecificationcontaining a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to a game apparatus, my object being to provide agame utilizing a number of cards which are arranged in a series ofsuites, and which cards are printed or provided with names and marks ofindication corresponding to money and the usual forms of negotiablepaper utilized in banking institutions and commerce for the generaltransaction of business.

My improved card game serves the double purpose of providing' a simple,entertaining pastime, as well as familiarizing the players withdifferent forms of negotiable paper, and the like; and being educational1n the degree that mental arithmetic is constantly required during theplaying of different games by means of the cards.

My invention consists in the features of novelty herein shown,described, and claimed; and in the drawings Figure 1 is a view lookingat the faces of the entire set of sixty cards made use of in my improvedgame Fig. 2 is a view of the face of one of the cards of the Note suiteFig. 3 is a view of the face of one of the cards of the Draft suite 3Fig. 4 is a view of the face of one of the cards of the Currency suite gFig. 5 is a view of the face of one of the cards of the Check suite Fig.6 is a view of the face of one of the cards of the Silver suite; andFig. 7 is a view of the face of one of the cards of the Gold suite.

The complete deck of the game comprises sixty cards, divided into sixsuites, which are termed the Note, Draft, Currency, Check, Silver,7 andGold suites, there being fifteen cards each in the Note and Currencysuites, ten cards each in the Draft and Check suites, and five cardseach in the Gold and Silver suites.

The cards 1 o'f the N ote suite are printed at each end with a value tothe amount of a certain number of dollars, and adjacent this amountappears the word Note; and upon the balance of the face of each card apears the wording such as is usually employed) in a note; and, ifdesired, the title of the game may be printed on the face of each card.The values a pearing upon the individual cards of the glote suite vary;and, as seen in Fig. 1, there are three cards having avalue of $100.00each, three cards having a value of $75.00 each, six cards having avalue of $50.00 each, and three cards having a value of $25.00 each.These values can be varied, as desired, it only being essential that thesum of the values represented on the cards of the Note suite equal thetotal sum of the values represented on the cards of the remainingsuites; namely, the Draft, Currency, Check, Silver, and Gold suites.

The eards2 of the Currency suite are fifteen in number, and on the endsthereof are printed values represented by a certain number of dollars,and adjacent these values ap pears the word Currencyg and to make thissuite readily discernible from the cards of the remaining suites, theprinting or coloring on the l Currency suite may be in green, or of somedistinctive color. The values appearing on the Currency suite vary; and,as shown in Fig. 1, one card has a value of $100.00, two cards a valueof $150.00 each, three cards a value of $20.00 each, four cards a valueof $10.00 each, and five cards a value of $55.00 each.

The cards 3 of the Draft suite are ten in number, and appearing on theface thereof, at each end, are values represented by certain amounts ofmoney, and adjacent these values appears the word Draft g and appearingon the remaininfT portion of the face of each card of this Draft suiteis the wording such as is usually employed on bank and commercialdrafts. As shown in Fig. 1, there is one card of the "Draft suite havinga value of $5100.00, one having a value of $80.00, two having a value of$50.00 each, three having a value of 8530.00 each, and three having avalue of $10.00 each.

The cards 4 of the Check suite, ten in number, have values appearing ontheir faces at each end, and adjacent said values ap ears the wordCheek, and upon the centra portion of the face of each card ap ears thewording usually employed in ban cheeks. As shown in Fig. 1, there is oneof the cards of the Check suite appearing as having a valuation of$25.00, one card having the value of $20.00, two having the yvalue of$15.00 each, three having the value of $10.00 eac, and three having thevalue of $5.00 eac The cards 5 of the Gold suite, of which there arefive in number, have appearing on their faces at each end valuesindicated by sums of money, adjacent which'values appears the word "Goldand, if desired, the printing on the face of this suite of cards may beprinted in gilt, to make said cards appear distinctive relative theremaining cards of the deck. As shown in Fig. 1, one of the cards of theGold suite has a valuation of $20.00, two cards have a valuation of$10.00 each, and two have a valuation of $5.00 each.

The cards 6 of the Silver suite, which are five in number, haveappearing on their faces, adjacent the ends, a valuation eX- pressed indollars, and adjacent said valuation appears the word Silver, and all ofthe valuations of the cards of this suite are the same, to-wit, $1.00.

One oi the simpler forms of games played with my improved cards is asfollows: The cards, after being thoroughly shuffled, are equally dividedbetween the various players, and the first player now plays one of theNote cards onto the table, this being imperative, as the idea of thegame is to take this Note card by playing thereon various other cardsfrom the Currency, Check, Draft, Gold, and Silver suites. For instance,the first player plays a Note card having a valuation of $100.00, 4thesecond player places a Currency card having a valuation of $50.00 on theNote card, the third player places a Draft card having a valuation of$30.00 on the two cards previously played, and the fourth player cantake the trick by placing a card of any of the suites having a valuationof $20.00 onto the cards previously played, thus completing the totalamount of $100.00 required to equal the amount of the Note cardoriginally played. The idea of this card game is for the second, third,fourth, and subsequent players to take up the Note cards played by thefirst players by means of cards from the Currency, Draft, Check, Grold/7and Silver, suites, which cards of each int dividual trick equal theamount of the Note card first played.

Various other games can be played with a deck of cards of my improvedconstruction, which games aHord amusement and a pleasing pastime, andrequire considerable skill and calculation in their execution.

I claim The herein described card game apparatus, comprising a series ofcards divided into a number of suites, one of which suites is marked anddesignated as a Note suite, the cards of said suite having marksrepresenting different money values, a second suite of the cards markedand designated as a Currency suite, the cards of which suite are markedto represent dierent money values, a third suite of the cards beingmarked and designated as the Draft suite, the cards of said suite beingmarked to represent different money values, a fourth suite of cardsbeing marked and designated as the Check suite, the cards of said suitebeing marked to represent diiferent money values,

a fifth suite of the cards being marked and designated as the Goldsuite, the cards of said suite being marked to represent diierent moneyvalues, a sixth suite of the cards b eing marked and designated as aSilver suite, and the cards of said suite being 80 marked to re resentthe same money values, and the tota sum of the money values apearing onthe Currency, Draft, Check, Gold, and Silver suites equaling the totalsum of the money values appearing on the Note suite.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EBER M. PERFECT.

lVitnesses:

R. L. MIXON, J. W. REED.

